Little fish!

Kendra and Owen just completed a round of swimming lessons. This was the first time for Owen taking lessons. We weren't sure how he would do in the pool but he did great! It took a few times but once he got a little bit of confidence, he did great, jumping in on his own, putting his face in the water, etc. Kendra had had a few lessons already so she just picked up where she left off. She actually was bumped up a level half way through this session and she passed the next level too! I'm very proud of my little swimmers!!

Birthday Flowers

I read a quote yesterday at a local market that said,

"I would rather have flowers on my table than diamonds around my neck."

I'm not sure if I agree 100% with that statement but I do love having flowers in my house.

I got this bouquet from my mom, which I bought at the Nutrifoods market. I love the purples and blues!

Then my sister also surprised me with flowers! These were super long-stemmed gerbera daisies. I cut half of them down quite a bit to make this arrangement. . .

. . . and then used the rest of the gerberas, along with the purple ones (can't think of their name right now) to make another little arrangement. Nothing like fresh flowers to make your home feel cheery!!

A night out

This weekend, Kevin and I were able to get away for a day / night. John and Esther and the girls graciously agreed to have our 3 kids for the night while we enjoyed some "kidless" time. A huge thank-you to them!!! As much as we love our children, we do realize the importance of doing things together without them! We began by dropping the kids off at around 10:30 on Saturday morning. It was a beautiful day and we knew that they would have loads of fun with their cousins, riding their bikes and swimming in the pool! We then headed off to Timmy's, of course, for a late breakfast and a beverage for on the road. Our next stop was at the Capilano Suspension Bridge. This is a place that I have always wanted to go see. We also had a 2 for 1 coupon, which also helped. (And, FYI, if you are a B.C. resident, once you pay for your admission, you then have a year's membership. Now we can go back with our kids for free!)

I love heights so walking across this bridge was quite fun. I was amazed at how much it actually moved as you were going across it. Not for someone who is afraid of heights! We saw a few people holding on pretty tight!

Once across, there are many boardwalks to walk along with great view spots. They have also built a Tree Top Adventure, which is a series of mini-suspension bridges linked between the trees.

A rare semi-decent phone of the two of us. It really doesn't happen that often!

Our next stop was just up the road at the Cleveland Dam. It was a beautiful day so we walked around for a while.

Watching all that water power was pretty amazing!We then headed out for supper. If forgot to take a picture of the place but it was a pub with good food and we might have enjoyed a malted beverage or two!

We had planned to head to check into our hotel after supper and get freshened up and dressed for the Symphony. However, we were a little behind schedule and traffic was busier than we had planned for, so we ended up getting ready in our car in a parking lot! We laughed about it and thought it was a good thing neither of us were too 'high maintenance"!

This was Kevin's favourite picture of the night. Check out his reflection at the top!

We thoroughly enjoyed our 26 hour get-away. Hopefully we can do it again next year!!!

Rainy Days

The weather lately around here has been cold and wet. I know I should be used to this having lived in this area for the past 12 years but I am again ready for some sunshine. It is June today and it feels like February. Needless to say, we haven't been doing too much exciting lately so I thought I would just post a few new pictures of our little peanut! She is now 6 months old and has begun to eat solid food and is loving it!

Lately, the exersaucer is a favourite place to be for her. She spends much of her day in there and I love it too because I am able to get a few things done as well without having to hold on to her!

Hopefully the sun decides to come out sometime in June and we can start to do a few outdoor things. Actually, the kids don't really care that the weather isn't sunny. As I write, the older 2 are outside playing and searching for more snails for their 'collection'. No snail, caterpillar or slug is safe around this house!